I cannot say that I have enjoyed every last metre but, I have enjoyed many, many kilometres alone and with fine company. An SR too. Letters after my name At the end of Mr Pickwick's the other day we had a descussion about putting the "letters" on a CV....and why not!

RRTY number 4 completed. Funnily enough my comment from last year about being sick of the cold and wet rings true again. It does however seem that I had an overlap somewhere along the way and I had actually finished this one in November. Will have to figure out exactly what the means

So after 55 completed months I missed out in October due to a mix of a viral infection and a flare up of gout. A bit gutted but then I am looking forward to just riding the 100km of the ACME winter series rides and not looking for a way to squeeze in 200km a month. Might kick off again next year but we'll see, if I do I might aim to start my year in November instead of Feb to avoid getting so close before the bleak months.

I'm tempted by 300RTY. Got a calendar 100+200 ECE lined up for beginning of December, so I'll already be 4months in. We'll see..... the wheels almost fell off last March, so I won't hold too many hopes just yet.

Where multiple in the month I've picked one from the lot...1 - March 2018: Scottish Borders Randonee2 - April 2018: Moffat Toffee3 - May 2018: 200 DIY Perm - Aberfoyle and back4 - June 2018: Snow Roads - Left it late5 - July 2018: Nae bother to Us - 400k6 - August 2018: No Work for Us today - 200k7 - September 2018 : Borders of Fife - 200k8 - October 2018 : Brant and Slape - hilly 200k9 - November 2018: Long dark tea time 200km - Borderline swimming10 - December 2018: Subject to Validation: Kingdom Come perm

Remaining planned:11 - January 2019: Yorkshire Grit 12 - February 2019: Tour of East Lothian ECE'ed home is handily a nudge over 200km, though I've also got a 200 planned for the ride down the previous day.

Well, the ECE was a massive abort, so this months first effort was a bit of danger audax. Forgot my wallet, so half a loaf of jam sandwiches my and new camelback were severely rationed! No overpriced refreshments at the services for this call sign. Thankfully a kind tailwind blew me most of the way back. Might give Sunbury-Oxford-Sunbury 300 a stab next week. Dunno yet.